[Solved]: Seven years after the incident described in this…

Seven years after the incident described in this chapter, Linda Kenney had her long-postponed ankle replacement surgery. While every effort was made to allay her and her family’s fears before surgery, postoperatively she developed a surgical site infection that required rehospitalization and intravenous vancomycin antibiotics. After more years of acute issues and breakdown in the replaced ankle, Linda finally had the ankle replacement removed and a total ankle fusion in 2014. Her nonprofit organization, MITSS, has continued to grow during this time. It is now entirely consumer-led and is a leading source of information on supporting patients and healthcare professionals following medical harm. Questions How much of a problem do you believe the policy of not disclosing errors to patients might be? Can you envision circumstances in which this would create ongoing problems for patients and their families? What adverse effects have you seen on clinicians who were involved in a medical error? What do you think could be done to alleviate these adverse effects? Research some of the full-disclosure programs that have been developed and discuss their major components. What barriers do you see to provider disclosure following error? How do full-disclosure programs overcome the barriers to transparency that exist on both sides? Much of this story is a lack of compassion in health care. Do you think there are forces that discourage compassion in day-to-day dealings with patients? If so, how do you think they could be overcome? Which of the core competencies for health professions do you think are most relevant for this case? Why?